Word: recruited
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...language of the 1967 report illustrates a fundamental shift in administrative support for minority students. The past 15 years has seen a general change in campus race relations, mostly for the better. But while the Admissions Office has worked admirably to recruit and admit qualified students from disadvantaged minority backgrounds, other forces within the administration have not been as responsive to minority students' needs once they arrive at Harvard...
...appointing faculty, the University should strive to bring the best scholars and teachers to the academic community. The pursuit of excellence demands that Harvard vigorously seek out such individuals from all corners. Insofar as the current sparsity of minority representation reflects discrimination or inadequate efforts to recruit minority candidates, the majority opinion is justified in its criticism. However, the University should not compromise hiring decisions on the basis of criteria other than qualification...
...goals and timetables with quotas, presumably preferring that Blacks simply lodge individual lawsuits each time they find themselves victims of racial discrimination." In this assertion, Louis is using the "straw man" technique in double measure. First, no serious participant in the debate objects to increased efforts to recruit more minority applicants. Goals and timetables are acceptable, and even laudable, as long as no applicant's credentials are given special weight because of his or her race. In the event special weight is given, goals and timetables do indeed become indistinguishable from quotas. Second, neither do serious critics of reverse discrimination...
...dean called the problem of minority underrepresentation on the Faculty a difficult and troubling issue, but he did not advocate any change of policy. He said that Harvard just had to "stay in the game" and keep trying to recruit qualified minorities, minorities...
...driving on the Grand Central Park-way in New York City with a recruit," Muzio recalls with a big grin, retelling his favorite story yet another time. "We turned on the radio and Howard Cosell announced NYU was dropping basketball...